idling

Example Sentences

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Further earnings upside is expected from successful redeployment of idling workboats and newbuild orders.

From The Wall Street Journal • Apr. 22, 2026

It seems these days that almost everyone there has seen or felt the aftermath of an immigration raid: cars with shattered windows left idling and businesses emptied of their usual employees and patrons.

From Los Angeles Times • Apr. 22, 2026

"I don't think anyone who is struggling with fuel costs would benefit from sitting in an idling queue with their engines turning over and their fuel being wasted."

From BBC • Apr. 14, 2026

Albemarle also said it would be idling the remaining operating train at its Kemerton lithium hydroxide processing plant in Western Australia.

From Barron's • Feb. 12, 2026

He was idling in front of the hospital.

From "Habibi" by Naomi Shihab Nye